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MARADMIN 396/25
SUBJ/CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AS THE BASIC SCHOOL COMMEMORATES THE
25-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARINE CORPS MARTIAL ARTS PROGRAM//
POC/F. L. CAMERON/SSGT/MCMAP CHIEF/TEL: COM 703-432-6542/EMAIL:
FRANKIE.CAMERON@USMC.MIL//POC/M. R. GALLAHAN/CAPT/MAFCE-OPS O/TEL:
COM 703-432-6466/ EMAIL: MAXWELL.GALLAHAN@USMC.MIL or
SBM_TRNGCMD_TBS_MAFCE_OPS@usmc.mil//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  The Martial Arts and Fitness Center of Excellence
(MAFCE) will commemorate the 25-year anniversary of the Marine Corps
Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) this fall in Quantico, Virginia from 6
to 10 October 2025  by hosting a recertification and technique
symposium (training exchange) to equip the Fleet Marine Force with
the revised Tan through Black Belt MCMAP Syllabus and new free
sparring events. The new syllabus encompasses refinement, removal,
and addition of techniques that provide more tactically informed
techniques, striking packages, and a variety of different martial
arts theories and concepts.  The recertification and technique
symposium will also include a Keynote Speaker Panel consisting of
key leaders who established the MCMAP, and various other MAFCE
Directors and Senior Enlisted Advisors critical to the development
of the program in order to offer attendees an opportunity to
commemorate the storied history of the program while also learning
more about its development.
2.  Marines who complete the training technique symposium will be
recertified as a Martial Arts Instructor (MAI - 0916) or Martial Arts
Instructor Trainer (MAIT - 0917). This certification authorizes the
MAI/T to train, test, and certify other MAI/Ts.
2.a. Submit all nominations to the MCMAP Chief, SSgt Cameron, by
email at frankie.cameron@usmc.mil or by Microsoft Teams no later
than 19 September 2025. The total allocation of seats is 55 students.
Submit nominations to the MCMAP Chief with the following information:
Name, Rank, Unit, Contact Information, Instructor Certification
Status, and Unit Funding Status.
2.b. Marines desiring to attend will have instructor credentials
verified in their electronic training jacket in Marine Corps Training
Information Management System (MCTIMS). If MAI/T credentials are
expired, Marines can submit their credentials and may be allowed to
recertify on a case-by-case basis.
2.c. All nominees’ electronic training jacket in MCTIMS must reflect
a current 1st Class Physical Fitness Test (PFT) and Combat Fitness
Test (CFT). The MAFCE staff will verify PFT and CFT test scores when
nominations are submitted. 
3. The training technique symposium will convene at the Raider Hall
facility and Ramer Gym aboard Camp Barrett, Marine Corps Base
Quantico. Participating Marines assigned outside the local commuting
area will detach from their respective commands one day prior to the
convene date of the symposium and will remain detached for the
duration of the event. Marines are responsible for coordinating their
own DTS/Travel arrangements. This training event is unit funded. 
4. The MAFCE will release coordinating instructions no later than
26 September 2025 through a Letter of Instruction and Welcome Aboard
email.
5.  For additional guidance regarding the MCMAP 25-Year Anniversary
or the Training Technique Symposium 1-26, please contact the MAFCE
Operations Officer, Capt Gallahan, maxwell.gallahan@usmc.mil or
SBM_TRNGCMD_TBS_MAFCE_OPS@usmc.mil.
6. More information on the MAFCE, or MCMAP, can be found on the MAFCE
website at: https://www.fitness.marines.mil/MAFCE/.
7.  This MARADMIN is applicable to the Marine Corps Total Force. 
8.  Release authorized by Lieutenant General Benjamin T. Watson,
Commanding General, Training and Education Command.//